T TheParser VIP Member Joined Dec 8, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 27, 2012 #1 "I took an hour getting home." Would you please give me some ideas on how to RK this sentence? Thanks a million.
"I took an hour getting home." Would you please give me some ideas on how to RK this sentence? Thanks a million.
S susiedq Member Joined Sep 27, 2010 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 27, 2012 #2 getting home = gerund/infinitive?
T TheParser VIP Member Thread starter Joined Dec 8, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 28, 2012 #3 susiedq said: getting home = gerund/infinitive? Click to expand... gerund? (object of understood preposition?)/ participle (modifying verb?)
susiedq said: getting home = gerund/infinitive? Click to expand... gerund? (object of understood preposition?)/ participle (modifying verb?)
Frank Antonson Senior Member Joined Dec 7, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 28, 2012 #4 That's what I would say. "In" is understood.